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Mental disorders are organically-based diseases or illnesses that impair functioning is an assumption of


A) the human service model
B) psychoanalysis
C) medical model
D) social diagnosis

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Linking disease to disorderly and filthy cities and believing disease was providential were two ways public health was impacted by


A) the social philosophies of the 19th century
B) immigration during the 19th century
C) the organization of the U.S.Sanitary Commission
D) the "golden age of public health"

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Both the medical model and the public health model have which of the following in common?


A) helping those who are mentally ill
B) delivering services to cure an illness
C) using medical intervention
D) working to prevent the spread of disease

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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C

Information about models of service delivery is important to human service professionals because


A) they are likely to be working with professionals who practice other models
B) agencies hire those who are skilled in more than one model
C) most problems require the services of at least two models
D) they are likely to practice in other models

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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The goal of the public health model is to


A) provide opportunities and conditions for health as a basic human right
B) eliminate disease and disability
C) integrate social,environmental,and biological factors
D) serve as a link between the medical and human service models

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Examples of those who receive human services are all EXCEPT


A) an individual who is mentally ill
B) a small group like a dysfunctional family
C) patients who are physically ill
D) the homeless population

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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Which is the most widely used treatment today for mental disorders?


A) psychiatry
B) psychoanalysis
C) psychotherapy
D) psychiatric drugs

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Using the human service model,the professional asks all but which of the following questions?


A) What was the mindset of the client in the past?
B) What is the mindset of the client now?
C) What problems does the client face?
D) What alternatives are possible to solve these problems?

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Recipients of services in the medical model are called


A) clients
B) consumers
C) patients
D) individuals

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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C

Among the challenges facing those who practice the medical model today are cure versus control,the development of new drugs,and


A) dual diagnoses for services
B) AIDS prevention
C) the control of medical services
D) the acceptance of electroshock therapy

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The study of the effects of drugs on mental health is


A) psychopharmacology
B) psychotropics
C) psychoanalysis
D) psychiatry

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Integrated services reflect work with the client that is


A) ethical
B) professional
C) coordinated
D) confidential

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Healthy People is a national public health effort to improve the health of all people by


A) developing heart disease and cancer cures
B) controlling tobacco use among young people
C) defining a prevention agenda
D) promoting exercise for people of all ages

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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C

Supporting activities such as films,speakers,school programs,and pamphlets that educate the population is a goal of the


A) human service model
B) medical model
C) public health model
D) all three models

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Treatment in the medical model includes all EXCEPT


A) electroshock therapy
B) psychiatry
C) psychiatric drugs
D) societal control

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Freud revolutionized the study and treatment of mental illness by


A) advocating the use of medications
B) developing a method of therapy known as psychoanalysis
C) defining insanity socially
D) stressing clinical diagnosis and appropriate medical treatment

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Which one of the following represents the problem-solving approach?


A) focusing on the present and the future
B) encouraging the client to solve problems
C) teaching the client problem-solving skills
D) seeing life in terms of clearly defined problems

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Which of the following is not characteristic of the public health model?


A) extends the concept of health care beyond the medical model
B) focuses on the interaction between the individual and the environment
C) serves larger populations than individuals
D) uses a multicausal approach to studying the causes of problems

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Today fast and easy access to health information is an advantage of


A) the public health model
B) medicine online
C) Healthy People 2020
D) the internet

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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The human service philosophy emphasizes the responsibilities of society and the importance of working with


A) accessible clients
B) the whole person
C) a client's physician
D) other professionals

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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